identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
88BAEDA882A95197A63B448DC044026E.text	88BAEDA882A95197A63B448DC044026E.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Eresus transcaucasicus Zamani & Seropian & Zarikian & Bulbulashvili & Szűts 2025	<div><p>Eresus transcaucasicus sp. nov.</p><p>Figs 1 A – F, 2 A – D, 3 A – F, 4 A – L</p><p>Eresus kollari: Zarikian 2022: 759, fig. 1 (♂).</p><p>Eresus sp.: Seropian et al. 2023: 237, fig. S 1 (♂).</p><p>Type material.</p><p>Holotype • ♂ (ZMUT 1017, SAJ 366): Armenia: Aragatsotn Province: <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=44.466667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=40.383335" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 44.466667/lat 40.383335)">Ara Mountains</a>, 40°23'N, 44°28'E, 1770 m, 03.11.2022, leg. N. Zarikian . Paratypes: • 5 ♂ (ZMUT 1018, HNHM 11678, HNHM 11448, HNHM 11589, HNHM 11491), collected with the holotype; • 2 ♂ (ISU; CaBOL-IDs 1018700, 1018701): Georgia: Shida Qartli Region: Gori, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=44.09839&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=41.96739" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 44.09839/lat 41.96739)">path to Tsedisi Fortress</a>, steppe, 41°58'02.6"N, 44°05'54.2"E, 850 m, 23.10.2021, leg. A. Seropian, N. Bulbulashvili ; • 1 ♂ (ISU; CaBOL-ID 1009989): <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=44.100998&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=41.975307" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 44.100998/lat 41.975307)">Gori</a>, steppe, 41°58'31.1"N, 44°06'03.6"E, 600 m, 25.09.2024, leg. N. Bulbulashvili ; • 1 ♂ (ISU; CaBOL-ID 1009988): Tbilisi: <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=44.703888&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=41.7805" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 44.703888/lat 41.7805)">Dighomi village</a>, heathland, 41°46'49.8"N, 44°42'14.0"E, 667 m, 28.09.2024, leg. A. Seropian, N. Bulbulashvili.</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>The new species belongs to the sandaliatus group sensu Zamani et al. (2025). In the overall shape of the conductor (Cn) and the general coloration pattern of the body and appendages, it most closely resembles E. kollari and E. hermani . It can be distinguished from E. kollari by its more robust terminal tooth (TT) having a distinct bulge (Figs 2 C, F, I, L, 3 C, F cf. Miller et al. 2012: fig. 43 J). From E. hermani, it differs in the conductor distinctly longer than wide in retrolateral view (vs. almost as long as wide; Figs 2 C, F, I, L, 3 C, F cf. Kovács et al. 2015: fig. 3 B).</p><p>Description.</p><p>Male (holotype). Habitus as in Figs 1 B, 2 D. Total length 8.21; carapace 4.68 long, 3.21 wide, 2.50 high; abdomen 4.78 long, 3.76 wide. Carapace and chelicerae dark brown, almost black, densely coated with black setae; pars cephalica elevated, covered with black setae; pars thoracica with sparse white setae, margins with few orange setae. Palpal segments without white setae; femur, patella and tibia densely covered with dark setae of black or grey tone. Legs I and II densely coated with black setae, with rings of white setae on proximal and distal joints of segments; legs III and IV coated with red setae coverage; distal end of tibiae and metatarsi with white ring of setae. Abdomen black on sides, anterior part of dorsum and posterior to epigastric fold; dorsum red, with two pairs of large and one pair of small black dots; venter anterior to epigastric fold red; booklung covers with short red setae. Measurements of leg segments: I: 9.02 (2.89, 1.45, 1.51, 1.86, 1.31); II: 7.75 (2.45, 1.37, 1.31, 1.53, 1.09); III: 6.60 (2.19, 1.23, 1.06, 1.30, 0.82); IV: 9.09 (2.82, 1.62, 1.85, 1.72, 1.08).</p><p>Palp as in Fig. 2 A – C; conductor (Cn) distinctly longer than wide; terminal tooth (TT) well-developed and robust, slightly bulging, subequal to lamella (Lm), with smooth transition to base of conductor in lateral view; lamella&gt; 2 × longer than high; lamellar groove shallow.</p><p>Variation (n = 5). Habitus of paratypes from Armenia as in Fig. 1 A, C, and from Georgia as in Fig. 1 D – F. Measurements: total length 8.21–8.92; carapace length 4.68–4.72, width 3.21–3.35. Sparse white setae may be present at black spots around sigilla (Fig. 1 D – F). Palp of paratypes from Armenia as in Fig. 3 A, B, and from Georgia as in Figs 3 C – F, 4 A – L. Conductor: length / width ratio: 1.2–1.5; very slight shoulder present in some specimens (Figs 2 C, 4 C, F); depth of lamellar groove slightly varying (Figs 3 A – F, 4 C, F, I, L).</p><p>Female. Unknown.</p><p>Habitat.</p><p>The specimens were collected under stones and on the ground in warm, dry mountain slopes with sparse vegetation.</p><p>Phenology.</p><p>Early to late autumn.</p><p>Distribution.</p><p>Known only from the listed localities in Lesser Caucasus Mountains in Armenia and Georgia (Fig. 5).</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>The specific epithet refers to the distribution of the species in the South Caucasus, also known as Transcaucasia.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/88BAEDA882A95197A63B448DC044026E	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Zamani, Alireza;Seropian, Armen;Zarikian, Noushig;Bulbulashvili, Natalia;Szűts, Tamás	Zamani, Alireza, Seropian, Armen, Zarikian, Noushig, Bulbulashvili, Natalia, Szűts, Tamás (2025): Different, but still the same: integrative taxonomy confirms a new species of Eresus Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae, Eresidae) from the South Caucasus. ZooKeys 1249: 1-13, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1249.159081
58B99E504BC35255BC94B52DF88431BE.text	58B99E504BC35255BC94B52DF88431BE.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Eresus Walckenaer 1805	<div><p>Genus Eresus Walckenaer, 1805</p><p>Type species.</p><p>Aranea cinnaberina Olivier, 1789; by subsequent designation (Thorell 1870: 200).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/58B99E504BC35255BC94B52DF88431BE	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Zamani, Alireza;Seropian, Armen;Zarikian, Noushig;Bulbulashvili, Natalia;Szűts, Tamás	Zamani, Alireza, Seropian, Armen, Zarikian, Noushig, Bulbulashvili, Natalia, Szűts, Tamás (2025): Different, but still the same: integrative taxonomy confirms a new species of Eresus Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae, Eresidae) from the South Caucasus. ZooKeys 1249: 1-13, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1249.159081
